78 speedo speedometer connections?
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Cruising
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Cheyenne WY
78 speedo speedometer connections?
Hey folks, first post to this forum as a new vette owner.
I have a 78 with NO cruise equipment inside the car. The speedometer doesn't work, so in trying to figure out which cable I need for the car, I find on the drivers inside fenderwell, a cruise control type transducer. It is connected to the remnants of the vacuum system with electrical as well, so I have to assume it had cruise at one time.
Anyway, since I have no cruise setup inside the car, my question is can I just get a straight cable-speedo to trans-and get rid of the transducer? Which cable will I want to buy?
There is so much excellent info on this site, and I thank you all in advance for your ideas, input, and knowledge. You folks are excellent!
Ed
I have a 78 with NO cruise equipment inside the car. The speedometer doesn't work, so in trying to figure out which cable I need for the car, I find on the drivers inside fenderwell, a cruise control type transducer. It is connected to the remnants of the vacuum system with electrical as well, so I have to assume it had cruise at one time.
Anyway, since I have no cruise setup inside the car, my question is can I just get a straight cable-speedo to trans-and get rid of the transducer? Which cable will I want to buy?
There is so much excellent info on this site, and I thank you all in advance for your ideas, input, and knowledge. You folks are excellent!
Ed
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Cruising
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Cheyenne WY
Just a thought...
How hard would it be, and what am I missing, to replace the interior cruise controls(if it did indeed come with the option as I currently suspect). How difficult would it be?
There is no trace of ever having it from inside the car. Was it on the column?
There is no trace of ever having it from inside the car. Was it on the column?
Burning Brakes
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From: If your not the lead dog the view never changes Boise, Id
On my 78 the only cruise controle equipment in the car is a single button on the end of the turn signal stock. The transducer in mine stripped its gears rendering the cruise controle and speedo in op. I whent to a you pull it wrecking yard and found a 79 Camaro with cruise. I pulled out the Camaros transducer and paid ten bucks for it, All now works great
Good luck
Good luck
Melting Slicks
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From: Montreal Qc.
Cruise parts include the transducer, turn signal stalk with button, cruise diaphram (it'll be a 4" round can on a bracket near your carb), vacuum line from diaphram to somewhere inside the car, cruise-defeat circuit that gets signal from brake pedal. You'll want to figure out what's still on your car before you decide to add cruise.
